Decidualization denotes the transformation of endometrial stromal fibroblasts into
specialized secretory decidual cells that provide a nutritive and immunoprivileged matrix …

BACKGROUND Obesity is caused by an imbalance between energy intake, ie eating and
energy expenditure (EE). Severe obesity is more prevalent in women than men worldwide …

Sex hormones have been implicated in neurite outgrowth, synaptogenesis, dendritic
branching, myelination and other important mechanisms of neural plasticity. Here we review …

The teleology of sex differences has been argued since at least as early as Aristotle's
controversial Generation of Animals more than 300 years BC, which reflects the sex bias of …

BACKGROUND Progesterone is a key hormonal regulator of the female reproductive
system. It plays a major role to prepare the uterus for implantation and in the establishment …

Steroid hormone receptors mediate numerous crucial biological processes and are
classically thought to function as transcriptional regulators in the nucleus. However, it has …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the use of vaginal progesterone in asymptomatic women
with a sonographic short cervix (≤ 25 mm) in the midtrimester reduces the risk of preterm …

Although nonclassical estrogen actions initiated at the cell surface have been described in
many tissues, the identities of the membrane estrogen receptors (mERs) mediating these …

The role of membrane progesterone receptors (mPRs), which belong to the progestin and
adipoQ receptor (PAQR) family, in mediating rapid, nongenomic (non-classical) …

A period of oocyte growth is followed by a process called oocyte maturation (the resumption
of meiosis) which occurs prior to ovulation and is a prerequisite for successful fertilization …